The president went into the meeting under intense pressure from foreign leaders after he slapped high tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, citing US national security needs.
Mr Putin arrived for a three-day state visit during which he will attend the Qingdao Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on the weekend. Trump said in Washington as he was departing for the summit in Canada.
“Canadians are polite, we’re reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around”, Trudeau had told reporters as he reiterated that Canada would retaliate against USA tariffs on steel and aluminium, adding Trump’s rationale had been insulting.
“While Senator Gardner is calling this a “states” rights’ approach, this bill essentially amounts to the federal legalization of marijuana”, said Kevin Sabet, president of the anti-cannabis group Smart Approaches to Marijuana or SAM.
The issue of European Union sanctions, imposed on Russia because of its support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, will weigh on any talks he has.